The man suspected of shooting five people in an Elmira bar has waived extradition, Elmira police said Tuesday.Zecary L. Banks, 27, was arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Charlotte, North Carolina. He appeared Monday in Mecklenburg County Court, where he waived extradition. He was returned to Mecklenburg County Jail and will be transferred to New York within the next few weeks, police said.Authorities had been [...]
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Shooting suspect waives extradition
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Odessa man found guilty of making meth
An Odessa man is facing up to four years in prison after his conviction Thursday of making methamphetamine, according to the Schuyler County District Attorney's Office.A Schuyler County jury found Eric J. Storm, 44, guilty of third-degree unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, a Class D felony, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.Storm was charged after he called 911 on [...]
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Investigation underway into NYC explosion
NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections but called the blast an "intentional act.""Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident," de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. "We have no credible and specific threat at this moment."De [...]
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Cause of fatal Rochester fire under investigation
ROCHESTER — Fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a house blaze in Rochester that claimed the lives of two people over the weekend.Authorities say firefighters responded around 5:30 a.m. Saturday to a report of a fire at a city home. After the blaze was under control, firefighters found one adult and two children suffering from serious injuries.Officials say two of the three died.The victims' names, ages and gender haven't been [...]
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Chemung to mark Sheriff's Week with displays at mall
BIG FLATS | Residents have the chance to learn more about the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office and what it offers the community on a daily basis.Lt. Jon Bailey said this week the department is celebrating Sheriff’s Week by hosting a display daily at the Arnot Mall.“We think it will bring exposure to what we do day-to-day,” Bailey said. "This is the first time we've held this display; [...]
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Hundreds of pot plants found; Tuscarora woman charged
TUSCARORA | A search for a suspect led authorities to a marijuana growing operation in Tuscarora, Painted Post troopers said Tuesday.Troopers said they received several tips about a marijuana growing operation while searching for a man who allegedly stole items in early September from Crawford’s Store in Cameron Mills.Linda Dartt, 58, of 615 Stead School Road, Tuscarora, was charged [...]
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Troopers seek suspect in attempted robbery
Police are searching for a masked man who attempted to rob a convenience store Tuesday night in Elmira. The suspect entered Quality Beverage at 1137 Maple Ave., at around 8:37 p.m., troopers said. He had a physical altercation with the store owner before fleeing. Nothing was stolen, but the store owner was injured during the altercation.The suspect, described as a male, approximately 5'8" and 150 pounds, was wearing a yellow sweatshirt with black sleeves and [...]
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3 arrested after meth probe
Three men are facing drug charges after a fourth-month investigation, State Police in Bath said Thursday.Troopers executed a search warrant at 6 a.m. Thursday morning at 8242 Cream Hill Road in the hamlet of Stephens Mills in the Town of Fremont. The N.Y.S.P. Special Operations Response Team (S.O.R.T.) assisted with the search, which uncovered a quantity of methamphetamine, the components and [...]
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Ex-convict killed by officer he fired at during traffic stop
SYRACUSE — An ex-convict who served prison time for weapon possession was shot and killed by a police officer he fired at during a traffic stop near Syracuse University, authorities said Monday.Police Chief Frank Fowler said the officer had pulled over a car late Sunday because the vehicle's tail lights weren't on. While speaking to the man behind the wheel, the officer noticed the handle of a handgun inside the car and started to back away, telling the driver to show his [...]
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Cat complaint leads to charges
The Leader StaffTHURSTON - A 65-year-old woman allegedly tortured and injured cats at her Babcock Hollow Road home that caused sixteen cats to be euthanized.Donna L. Smith was charged Friday with eleven counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals and failure to provide proper sustenance for eleven cats that were non-feral and in her possession.The investigation began when deputies responded to a 911 complaint of an injured kitten at Smith’s [...]
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Corning PD: 13-year-old shot with BB gun
By Jeffery Smith jsmith@the-leader.comCORNING - A man is behind bars for allegedly intentionally shooting a 13-year-old boy twice in the chest with a BB gun Sunday afternoon while hanging out with friends in a garage on East Market Street Extension.Rahmel Baptist, 22, of 202 Walter Smith Terrace, Corning, was charged Monday with second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child. [...]
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Get rid of unwanted prescriptions
By Jeffery Smith jsmith@the-leader.comBATH - The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office has placed a prescription drug drop containers at two different locations to accept unwanted and outdated prescription medications.Undersheriff Jim Allard said a drug drop container was installed at the Sheriff’s Office lobby, 7007 Rumsey St. Ext., Bath, and at the main entrance of the Steuben County Office Building, at 3 East Pulteney Square.The Sheriff’s Office was [...]
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Canfield Park damaged by rains
By Jeffery Smith jsmith@the-leader.comCORNING - Heavy rain last Thursday ravaged $100,000 worth of upgrades recently completed at historic Canfield Park.Chuck King, city director of parks and recreation, asked Dycon Construction, of Pine City, who finished installing park improvements in late September, and LaBella Associates, project design engineer, to come back and fix the damage.“I’m working to get them to return and fix the issues. The drainage, [...]
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Confession, raised in jury selection
BATH | Potential jurors were asked questions about racial bias and whether they believe a person would make a false confession Monday as preparation began for the trial of Michael Beard Sr.Beard, 45, of Elmira is facing murder charges in the Sept. 29, 2015 killing of Kelley Clayton, 35, at her home in Caton, a killing that prosecutors say was paid for by Kelley Clayton’s husband, Thomas Clayton, who also faces first- and second-degree murder charges. His trial is slated [...]
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Beard trial: Opening statements heard
Special to The LeaderBATH | Jurors heard two very different opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Michael Beard Sr., accused in the September 2015 killing of Kelley Clayton.Chemung County District Attorney Weeden Wetmore bombarded the panel with a mountain of times, dates, and names -- essentially establishing a full timeline of what authorities believe happened before, during and after Kelley Clayton’s killing.Wetmore took over the case after Steuben [...]
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Blood evidence, 911 call heard
Special to The LeaderBATH | An investigator used blood evidence to trace the path of the brutal attack that resulted in the death of Kelley Clayton Wednesday on the third day of the trial of Michael Beard Sr.Kevin Sucher, a senior investigator with the New York State Police Forensic Identification Unit (FIU), is trained in blood spatter pattern analysis, and walked jurors through nearly 100 photos.Chemung County District Attorney Weeden Wetmore, who took over the [...]
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Trooper killed in Wilton
WILTON (AP) — A veteran New York state trooper was hit by a vehicle and killed Wednesday while investigating a tractor-trailer parked in a median in front of his police station, authorities said.Trooper Timothy Pratt, 55, had stopped his patrol vehicle around 6:15 a.m. while on duty near the station where he worked in Wilton, 35 miles north of Albany, Maj. William Keeler said.Pratt, who had just started his shift, walked over to talk to the truck driver and was hit [...]
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Day 4: Beard's questioning, confession
Special to The LeaderBATH | Michael Beard Sr. was questioned for nearly nine hours before signing a statement admitting to killing Kelley Clayton, according to testimony heard by jurors Thursday, the fourth day of the trial.Beard, 45, of Elmira, had been questioned twice before by law enforcement, after an initial lead from Kelley Clayton’s sister that Beard and another man had recently been fired from Thomas Clayton’s business, ServPro.At the outset, the [...]
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Jurors shown alleged murder weapon
BATH | Kelley Clayton received “too many (blows to the head) to count,” according to testimony by Monroe County Medical Examiner Dr. Nadia Granger.Granger said Friday during the ongoing trial of Michael Beard Sr. that when she examined Kelley Clayton’s body last year, “there (were) extensive facial injuries; there (were) also extensive injuries to her arms” consistent with defensive wounds.“We were unable to get an idea of her [...]
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Man charged in car thefts
CORNING - A 19-year-old man is behind bars for allegedly stealing two parked vehicles within a six-hour timeframe Wednesday on the city’s Southside.Coty Seager, of 320 E. Denison Parkway, was charged with three-counts of fourth-degree larceny.Lt. Jeff Heverly said Seager and an accomplice took a 2000 Mercury Sable parked on Sunset Drive at about 6:30 a.m.The vehicle owner told patrolmen he started the car, went back inside to let the car heat up and when [...]
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